Rating:
2.5/5
Star
Cast:
Tamannaah
Bhatia,
Prabhu
Deva,
Sanjay
Suri,
Bhumika
Chawla,
Murali
Sharma
Director:
Chakri
Toleti
One
chilly
night,
a
deaf-and-mute
girl
in
a
huge
mansion
and
a
cold-blooded
murderer
on
loose.
Just
the
perfect
ingredients
you
need
to
dish
out
a
gripping
thriller!
However,
Prabhudheva-Tamannaah's
Khamoshi
falls
short
of
being
that
sharp
watch
as
director
Chakri
Toleti
falters
when
it
comes
to
a
perfect
blend
of
chills
and
thrills.
Surbhi
(Tamannaah),
a
deaf-and-mute
woman
was
adopted
as
a
kid
by
a
rich
lady.
After
the
latter's
demise,
a
grown-up
Surbhi
decides
to
donate
half
of
her
wealth
to
an
orphanage.
Meanwhile,
there's
a
couple,
Mr
and
Mrs
Desai
(Sanjay
Suri
and
Bhumika
Chawla)
who
seem
to
be
quite
upset
with
Surbhi's
decision.
But,
a
'good-hearted'
Surbhi
decides
to
go
ahead
with
decision,
unaware
that
the
night
ahead
has
some
'killer'
surprise
in
store
for
her
in
the
form
of
Dev
(Prabhudheva),
a
schizophrenic
patient
absconding
from
a
mental
asylum.
With
dead
bodies
soon
piling
up
at
the
real
estate,
will
Surbhi
overpower
Dev
in
this
game
of
hide-and-seek?
A
film
like
Khamoshi
needs
to
have
some
taut
writing
to
keep
you
hooked
to
your
seats.
Unfortunately,
the
writers
fare
average
in
that
department.
At
places,
the
screenplay
dips
with
repetitive-ness
seeping
in
the
plot.
It's
the
two
leads'
performances
which
help
you
to
sail
through
the
film.
While
Kartik
Subbaraj's
Mercury
had
Prabhudheva
playing
a
blind,
mercury
poisoning-
affected
man
who
goes
on
a
killing
spree,
the
actor
yet
again
displays
a
delicious
wickness
in
Chakri
Toleti's
Khamoshi.
He
gives
you
enough
'creeps'
and
'chills'
in
this
hunting
game.
Tamannaah
Bhatia
as
a
girl
stuck
up
in
a
super-scary
situation
gets
her
emotions
bang
on.
Sanjay
Suri
and
Bhumika
Chawla
never
get
a
scope
to
perform;
blame
it
on
their
poorly-sketched
roles.
Cory
Geryak's
cinematography
gives
you
plenty
of
tense
moments
in
the
film.
Shakti
Hasija's
editing
could
have
been
a
little
more
crispier.
Shamir
Tandon's
background
score
works
fine.
While
a
little
more
refined
writing
would
have
upped
the
game,
it's
Prabhudheva's
bone-chilling
act
and
Tamannaah
Bhatia's
vulnerability
that
keeps
you
glued
to
the
screen
in
'Khamoshi'.
I
am
going
with
2.5
stars.